Re: [PATCH] sequencer: detect author name errors in read_author_script()

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> On Mon, Oct 03, 2022 at 01:27:37PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
>
>> -check_broken_author 'unknown key in author-script' '
>> +test_expect_success 'unknown key in author-script' '
>> +	create_conflict &&
>> +
>>  	echo "GIT_AUTHOR_BOGUS=${SQ}whatever${SQ}" \
>> -		>>.git/rebase-merge/author-script'
>> +		>>.git/rebase-merge/author-script &&
>>  
>> +	check_resolve_fails
>> +'
>>  
>>  test_done
>> 
>> That makes the boilerplate shorter in the "-v" output but focuses on the
>> actual modification that breaks the author-script.
>
> Note that we do still keep the ${SQ} bits here. They're necessary for
> the same reason: before and after a snippet is being passed through a
> variable. Whereas in yours we'd use stdin. I _do_ like that approach in
> general, but it is unlike the rest of the test suite. Maybe it's worth
> resurrecting:
>
>   https://lore.kernel.org/git/YHDUg6ZR5vu93kGm@coredump.intra.peff.net/
>
> ?

Yeah, it is indeed quite tempting.